Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide. .

Energy and Utilities 113

Energy and Utilities Military Government Phishing 113

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2023

UK govt contractor MPD FM left an open instance that exposed employee passports, visas, and other sensitive data MPD FM, a facility management and security company providing services to various UK government departments, left an open instance that exposed employee passports, visas, and other sensitive data.

Retail 97

Retail Encryption Access Security 97

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Third-party governance.

Compliance 57

Compliance Risk Government Retail 57

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

Many users also store in the digital store copies of documents, including IDs, driver’s licenses, and credit cards. vpnMentor discovered a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket that was leaking documents uploaded by the users. Experts also found CSV files storing membership lists and reports for some of North American retail brands.

Retail 113

Retail Encryption Insurance Passwords 113

OpenText Information Management

APRIL 15, 2024

Help-desk employees can now find very specific, summarized answers from a deep repository of private, secured, semi-structured information in minutes instead of days. We have accelerated our portfolio into cloud, and we’ve placed strategic emphasis on key integrations--notably embedding security and intelligence everywhere.

Cloud 67

Cloud Compliance Government Retail 67

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. Learn how organizations can use IBM Guardium® Data Protection software to monitor data wherever it is and enforce security policies in near real time.

Data Privacy 79

Data Privacy Privacy GDPR Personal data 79

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

Cloud 132

Cloud Security Encryption Risk 132

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2022

We identified 77 security incidents during the month, resulting in 49,782,129 compromised records. Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. If you’re facing a cyber security disaster, IT Governance is here to help.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Education 126

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In a month that saw the former US president accused of misappropriating classified government documents, there were also a spate of malicious insiders compromising their employer’s systems. In total, we identified 112 publicly disclosed security incidents in August, resulting in 97,456,345 compromised records.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Energy and Utilities Phishing 116

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. When the site was first set up on Dec.

Ransomware 190

Ransomware IT Phishing Financial Services 190

IT Governance

JULY 1, 2021

We found a comparatively low 9,780,931 breached records from publicly disclosed security incidents in June 2021. June’s figures bring the annual running total of security incidents to 729 and the total number of breached records to 3,947,030,094.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Ransomware Computer and Electronics Retail 130

IT Governance

JULY 11, 2022

Welcome to our second quarterly review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly list of data breaches and cyber attacks. In this article, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape from the past three months, including the latest statistics and our observations.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

During the Thales Trusted Access Summit 2021, I discussed how advances in identity proofing such as biometrics and smartphone technologies are enabling organizations to deliver KYC effectively by offering a quick, frictionless, and secure identity proofing environment. Secure online services for retailers. Setting the scene.

Authentication 71

Authentication Privacy Compliance Retail 71

IT Governance

JANUARY 9, 2023

Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. IT Governance discovered 1,063 security incidents in 2022, which accounted for 480,014,323 breached records. How security incidents occurred.

Data breaches 126

Data breaches Ransomware Government Passwords 126

Armstrong Archives

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Everything from tax documents to employee files to bank statements must be kept on file, often for years at a time. At Armstrong Archives , we’re proud to stand at the forefront of records management, offering expert guidance in record retention policy and document management, ensuring that our clients stay compliant and efficient.

Compliance 52

Compliance Archiving Digital transformation Sales 52

IT Governance

JANUARY 25, 2019

Home improvement retailer B&Q has suffered a data breach affecting 70,000 of its… well, not customers, exactly. The document included the names of the offenders, the items they had stolen, the value of the goods and the stores they were taken from. Classic illustration’ of poor security practices.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Retail 111

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Amid the mad dash for bargains and inevitable stories of shop-floor brawls, Black Friday brings with it a spike in cyber security threats, as cyber criminals take advantage of people desperate for bargains. Alternatively, you’ll download a Word document that asks you to ‘Enable Content’, which will unleash malware on your systems.

Phishing 137

Phishing Sales Retail Passwords 137

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

You’d therefore expect that the sector fares better at data security than your average organisation. The public data set on the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) website shows that data security isn’t necessarily better for financial organisations. What do the statistics say? million (about £4.70

Risk 104

Risk Data breaches Authentication Financial Services 104

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

In January 2023, the Faceless service website said it was willing to pay for information about previously undocumented security vulnerabilities in IoT devices. Recently, Faceless has shown ambitions beyond just selling access to poorly-secured IoT devices. ” Russian corporate records indicate this entity was liquidated in 2021.

Passwords 241

Passwords IoT Sales Retail 241

Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

The groups targeted organizations in the business services, financial, health, retail/consumer, aero-military, engineering and manufacturing, government, education, transportation, and utilities industries. In some attacks, the threat actors used weaponized Excel documents as a downloader. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

Manufacturing 116

Manufacturing Phishing Military Retail 116

Data Protection Report

APRIL 23, 2024

In FS24/1, the FCA explains that it aims to mitigate the risk of competition in retail financial markets evolving in a way that results in some Big Tech firms gaining market power while enabling the potential competition benefits (from Big Tech entry and expansion).

Financial Services 45

Financial Services IT Marketing Retail 45

IT Governance

JUNE 14, 2018

Little more than three years since its previous security incident, electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has admitted to a data breach compromising 5.9 In a statement released on Wednesday, the retail giant revealed it had identified the colossal breach while it was reviewing its systems and data. million customer cards and 1.2

Data breaches 80

Data breaches GDPR Retail Compliance 80

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Amid the mad dash for bargains and inevitable stories of shop-floor brawls, Black Friday brings with it a spike in cyber security threats – and it’s easy to see why. Alternatively, you’ll download a Word document that asks you to ‘Enable Content’, which will unleash malware on your systems. Instant messaging scams.

Phishing 119

Phishing Sales Passwords Retail 119

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Besides the traumatic experience for some retail employees and those injured in shop-floor brawls, Black Friday is also a time in which many of us are caught out by scams, with cyber criminals taking advantage of customers desperate for a bargain. Alternatively, you’ll download a Word document that asks you to ‘Enable Content’ to view.

Phishing 98

Phishing Sales Retail Government 98

IT Governance

AUGUST 19, 2020

You need a lawful basis , and it’s the data controller’s responsibility to decide which basis applies and to document their justification. Say, for example, that you are a marketing executive at a retailer who wants to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

GDPR 95

GDPR Personal data Compliance Privacy 95

IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

For example, a marketing executive at a retailer hires a company to conduct a survey on shoppers’ browsing habits. The executive (and the retailer generally) is the data controller, and the company conducting the survey is the data processor. Sounds simple enough. The means used to delete or dispose of the data.

GDPR 107

GDPR Retail Data collection Personal data 107

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered an ongoing p hishing campaign launched by the TA505 cybercrime gang (aka Evil Corp ) that is employing attachments featuring HTML redirectors for delivering malicious Excel docs. pic.twitter.com/mcRyEBUmQH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) January 30, 2020.

Phishing 93

Phishing Retail Security Ransomware 93

IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This will typically cover public authorities such as government departments, schools and other educational institutions, hospitals and the police. Many retailers sell signs like this, leaving the purpose blank so that you can fill it in with the appropriate message. That will generally be security personnel and management.

GDPR 110

GDPR Privacy Retail Personal data 110

The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2019

I often see a sizable gap between perceptions and reality among many SMB leaders,” Troy Gill a senior security analyst at AppRiver told me. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the SMB security landscape at length with Gill. The hacker can then easily email a document filled with malware and ask the recipient to take a look.

Risk 182

Risk Cybersecurity Passwords Ransomware 182

The Texas Record

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Government Once Nuked a Bunch of File Cabinets” — Atlas Obscura. government has already determined the best way to store your files in the event of a nuclear attack? “ Logging Your First Information Governance Success” – DBR on Data. . “The U.S. Did you know that the U.S. The good news?

Information governance 40

Information governance Records Management Government Compliance 40

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. It includes multi-disciplinary risk and compliance management solutions and tools, including: IT & security risk management. Third-party governance.

Compliance 67

Compliance Risk Government Retail 67

Data Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We will also discuss a developing range of services referred to as digital asset “prime brokerage” — describing the suite of services typically provided by these prime brokers and comparing them to traditional offerings of prime brokers in the securities space. Traditional OTC Derivatives.

Blockchain 88

Blockchain Marketing Access Risk 88

IT Governance

JUNE 8, 2023

A Digital Guardian report found that 90% of corporate security breaches are the result of phishing attacks. An Office for National Statistics report revealed that UK organisations have experienced a 57% increase in “consumer and retail fraud” compared to pre-pandemic levels. Anatomy of an attack 19. com’ websites. org’ in 1.8%.

Phishing 111

Phishing Data breaches Communications Government 111

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. Another attack observed by the experts leveraged an Excel document macros to directly download a file created using NSIS installer from hxxp : //45 [. ] The file contains and runs an executable that installs ServHelper. ” continues the report.

e-Delivery 78

e-Delivery Insurance Retail Government 78

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

A credit freeze — also known as a “security freeze” — restricts access to your credit file, making it far more difficult for identity thieves to open new accounts in your name. Access to some of these credit lookup services is supposed to be secured behind a login page, but often isn’t.

Access 228

Access Military Retail Security 228

Collibra

MAY 11, 2022

Thriving enterprises in every sector of the economy — from banking to life sciences to retail — are seeking better ways to harness an abundance of data. Federated computational governance. These domain owners establish and maintain the quality of the data and provide necessary facts and documentation. Data as a product.

Analytics 77

Analytics Digital transformation Government Retail 77

IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

There were also a few more reported ransomware incidents than normal, some of which saw the victims paying the fine – something most security professionals advise against. NewsNow suffers security breach – passwords should be considered compromised. privacy officials look into data breach involving bankrupt computer retailer.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Passwords Ransomware Phishing 111